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Gea Meijers

Gea Meijers

Gea is currently WIDE+'s coordinator. She has promoted feminism through WIDE(+)'s collective action for over ten years and worked before WIDE+ within several international and national NGOs promoting secularism and peace.

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Striking at 8th March? Problems and challenges of feminism in Europe

The push for more equality and rights has been so successful that ultra-conservative people (mostly white men) feel threatened by it.

Latest opinions

Given the climate emergency situation we are going through, and in the local/global context of urban population growth, it is urgent to seek solutions that mitigate the impacts of climate change on people's lives.

Across the European Union (EU), the legitimacy of civil society organisations is being increasingly questioned, at a moment when democracy needs them the most. 

The 2nd Prison Volunteer Meeting, held on April 18 in Barcelona, ​​put on the table a collective urgency: to stop looking at prison only from the perspective of punishment and start talking about dignity, reintegration and social responsibility.